Proverbs 27:7

In 11 translations

BSB

The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

KJV

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot

WEB

A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.

ASV

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

LSV

A satiated soul treads down a honeycomb, || And every bitter thing [is] sweet [to] a hungry soul.

YLT

A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And [to] a hungry soul every bitter thing [is] sweet.

DBY

The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

DRC

A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet.

GNV

The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

JPS

The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

LXXE

A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל־מַ֥ר מָתֽוֹק׃

LXX-Br

Ψυχὴ ἐν πλησμονῇ οὖσα κηρίοις ἐμπαίζει, ψυχῇ δὲ ἐνδεεῖ καὶ τὰ πικρὰ γλυκέα φαίνεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Luke 15:16–17He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing. Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am,…
• Numbers 21:5and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
• Numbers 11:18–20And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the…
• Numbers 11:4–9Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons,…
• John 6:9“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
• Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

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